Senioritis is a common effect after one is admitted or accepted to a college. Some students end up coasting through the rest of the year without aim and tend to let grades slip or end up failing classes. Some students are required to send final grades to colleges, and therefore cannot let senioritis slip into their mind, as there is a chance of being rejected from the college after having an offer in hand. Some see it as laziness, some see it as one’s stamina for school having been broken, or some just want to reach the end of the year. Whatever the stance on the topic is, senioritis is definitely an epidemic to not catch.
We set out on a quest to find only the most reliably sourced answers from Timberlane’s own students, as they approach the final quarter of their high school careers. First, we talked to Julia Fronc, an AP class warrior who wanted to challenge herself during senior year. We started out by asking her, do you feel like the workload has been easier senior year compared to others? Fronc said, “No, I took harder classes other years. Last year I took one AP, this year I’m taking three.” Some seniors still challenge themselves throughout the year by taking AP classes or stocking up schedules and Julia did just that. We were curious about how difficult classes had been for Fronc, and she explained that she has been “Taking more advanced classes, AP’s and as you get older they get harder. Definitely more, especially adding colleges to the workload of other things.”
With graduation just a short distance in the horizon, the life of being an adult is slowly turning into reality. Some will be getting straight into a job and others will be attending college or a trade school. We asked some seniors what their plans were after the end of their last high school year. “Go to a four-year college, major in Biomedical Engineering, and get a job in that field.” Fronc is driven for higher education, but when asked about her and others thoughts on the end of high school and motivation at the end of this year they were a bit more skeptical, Fronc said, “Yes, everything’s hard and I don’t wanna, I leave it to the last minute, but I always do them because I hate seeing a missing assignment on PowerSchool.”
We next talked with Josh Boucher, a charming senior, on his thoughts on the end of high school. “Has the work been easy for you this year Josh?” “I’d say yeah, but I’m just kind of sick of doing work.” When asked how his classes had progressed over the years, Boucher said, “Obviously the work gets more advanced… but other than that they (teachers) start asking more of you.” School can be stressful, but seniors have a reputation of doing less classes, and when asked about his stress level, he said, “Definitely less stressful because I get to leave early some days and because I have gotten to pick more of the classes I am interested in instead of the ones that I’ve got to take for credits.” When asked about if he was losing senior year motivation, Boucher closed with, “Yeah, absolutely. It’s kind of weird to watch all of this come to a close. At the same time I can’t wait to be done and I don’t want it to be done at the same time.” After high school Josh plans to take a gap year to save money before he goes to NHTI or UNH.
The more and more we talked to seniors, it got even more apparent that they all shared one thing in common. They were going miss it, they were gonna miss the freedom that comes with highschool, the easier classes, being near all your close friends and teachers. But with college comes another chapter of their life, they all might be getting a little tired of highschool but are not giving up on it and not giving less effort then they usually would. Both students interviewed also gave similar interest in furthering their education, showing that they are not quite done with school.
